British actor Tim Pigott-Smith, who was best known for his Bafta-winning role in 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown, has died aged 70. His agent described him as “one of the greatest actors of his generation”. The actor was due to appear in a touring production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, … Read more
An Iranian Oscar contender impacted by President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban is to have an open-air premiere in London just hours before the ceremony. The Salesman, up for the best foreign language film award, will be screened in Trafalgar Square on 26 February. Its director has said he will not go to the Oscars … Read more
Oscars organisers have said it is “extremely troubling” that the makers of an Iranian film nominated for an Academy Award may be barred from entering the US. The Salesman, from director Asghar Farhadi, is nominated for best foreign-language film. Lead actress Taraneh Alidoosti has said she will boycott the ceremony. This year’s Academy Awards take … Read more
An Iranian actress has said she is going to boycott the Oscars in protest at Donald Trump’s “racist” visa proposals. Taraneh Alidoosti stars in The Salesman, which is nominated for best foreign language film. On Thursday, she tweeted: “Trump’s visa ban for Iranians is racist. Whether this will include a cultural event or not, I … Read more
An Iranian actress has said she is going to boycott the Oscars in protest at Donald Trump’s “racist” visa proposals. Taraneh Alidoosti stars in The Salesman, which is nominated for best foreign language film. On Thursday, she tweeted: “Trump’s visa ban for Iranians is racist. Whether this will include a cultural event or not, I … Read more
Congratulations on your inauguration. I thought your inauguration speech was heartfelt and uplifting despite concerns of plagiarism. It was heartwarming to hear you say, “Money is made in the private sector and not in government”. A few disclosures about me should help place this piece in perspective. I am not a member of any political … Read more
Dear Mr. President: Congratulations on your inauguration. I thought your inauguration speech was heartfelt and uplifting despite concerns of plagiarism. It was heartwarming to hear you say, “Money is made in the private sector and not in government”. A few disclosures about me should help place this piece in perspective. I am not a member … Read more
Dear Mr. President: Congratulations on your inauguration. I thought your inauguration speech was heartfelt and uplifting despite concerns of plagiarism. It was heartwarming to hear you say, “Money is made in the private sector and not in government”. A few disclosures about me should help place this piece in perspective. I am not a member … Read more
Dear Mr President: Congratulations on your inauguration. I thought your inauguration speech was heartfelt and uplifting despite concerns of plagiarism. It was heartwarming to hear you say, “Money is made in the private sector and not in government”. A few disclosures about me should help place this piece in perspective. I am not a member … Read more
Ghanaian Writers Need To Know The Swedish Academy’s definition of literature “By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power was redefining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel. Today, everybody from Bruce Springsteen to U2 owes Bob a … Read more
“By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power was redefining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel. Today, everybody from Bruce Springsteen to U2 owes Bob a debt of gratitude” (Barack Obama). “Bob Dylan is a genius, and … Read more
Dario Fo, the Italian playwright and actor famous for his cutting political satires, has died in Milan at the age of 90. Fo, whose plays include Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. He was also known for Mistero Buffo, a one-man play he … Read more
US playwright Edward Albee, the author of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, has died aged 88. Albee’s assistant said he died on Friday at his home on Long Island near New York. No cause of death was given. A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was arguably America’s greatest living playwright after the deaths of Arthur … Read more